arm and tucks me safely behind him. Something is wrong, the situation suddenly feels dangerous. I cautiously tilt my head so I can see.
‘Who are you? State your business here,’ Leo replies strongly.
The man looks at us. ‘Don’t worry about it. It won’t matter soon. We’re here to kill you.’ He turns to the little girl and hisses. ‘Take the bride.’
The young girl runs towards us and dives at me, much faster than expected from a child. She reaches forward and out of her palm emerges the blade of a knife. My eyes widen. She swings it at me but Leo pushes me out of the way in time. I topple to the ground hard, but I’ve avoided the blade.
The girl jumps backward through the air towards the man. I have never seen anyone leap so high and with such precision. It’s as abnormal as the knife sticking out of her palm.
The straggly haired man charges at Leo. The assailant rapidly pulls back his arm, as if he was about to punch. But instead his fingers fold in towards each other. His arm moves, shifts and clicks into place several times. Now there was no longer a hand, but an arm with a gun barrel at the end.
I’m officially petrified. What the abyss are these two?
The man shoots at us and I run off the road and behind a tree. Bullets fly at Leo. I don’t understand why he doesn’t move. I’m about to yell at him when I notice the shots have been stopped by an almost transparent yellow bubble surrounding his body. The empty shells clink as they hit the ground, the bullets not leaving so much as a scratch.
Now I’m even more confused. I mean seriously, not Leo too! What is up with everyone? How are they all doing this?
When the man stops shooting, Leo widens his stance. He moves his arms back before thrusting his hands forward; his top fingers are pointed and his thumb is up, forming a gun shape. When he moves his arms out towards the assassins, two strong bolts of lightning shoot out. My mouth falls open. The man and girl swiftly dodge the attacks. The man recommences firing from his gun arm. Leo defends again with the yellow shield and then starts another offence. He focusses before shooting the lightning bolts from his fingers, but his moves are fast and fluent. He knows exactly what he’s doing.
I whisper, ‘H-how…magic? No…there’s no such thing…’
But what Leo is doing with his hands and that shield thing, it’s clearly not normal. My eyes quickly scan him. I watch Leo twisting his body as he attacks. The choker necklace swings into my sight. The yellow stone is glowing.
My mind casts back to the Livolism children’s book I read in the Tower. It said that the Guardians were granted great powers. Everyone knows that tale, but is this actually stone linked to that story? Does that mean that it’s not a myth? The Guardians… what exactly are they?
I watch Leo fighting in such awe that it takes me a moment to notice the girl assassin is gone. I twist my head around and hear a noise behind me. The dark haired, pale-skinned child stands above me on a branch, the arm with the knife coming out of her palm hangs by her side. With force, she jumps down stabbing it at me. Luckily I roll out of the way in time, her knife piercing the hard dirt and causing the ground to crack. Envisioning what a weapon like that would do to me I get up and start running.
I take off back down past my hiding spot, across the dry river and into some nearby trees. I can hear her on the chase not far behind. My heart is beating in my ears. My throat is dry and begins to burn. Everything is starting to blur, the only thing I can focus on is getting away.
I yelp as the girl unexpectedly appears beside me. She leaps into the air and launches off a nearby tree. I stop running and try to back step as she swings her knife arm at me. The girl misses once again, but I hit my head on the dirt as I topple to the ground.
I quickly stumble to my feet and continue running in the same direction.
Hot on my trail, the dark-haired
‘Who are you? State your business here,’ Leo replies strongly.
The man looks at us. ‘Don’t worry about it. It won’t matter soon. We’re here to kill you.’ He turns to the little girl and hisses. ‘Take the bride.’
The young girl runs towards us and dives at me, much faster than expected from a child. She reaches forward and out of her palm emerges the blade of a knife. My eyes widen. She swings it at me but Leo pushes me out of the way in time. I topple to the ground hard, but I’ve avoided the blade.
The girl jumps backward through the air towards the man. I have never seen anyone leap so high and with such precision. It’s as abnormal as the knife sticking out of her palm.
The straggly haired man charges at Leo. The assailant rapidly pulls back his arm, as if he was about to punch. But instead his fingers fold in towards each other. His arm moves, shifts and clicks into place several times. Now there was no longer a hand, but an arm with a gun barrel at the end.
I’m officially petrified. What the abyss are these two?
The man shoots at us and I run off the road and behind a tree. Bullets fly at Leo. I don’t understand why he doesn’t move. I’m about to yell at him when I notice the shots have been stopped by an almost transparent yellow bubble surrounding his body. The empty shells clink as they hit the ground, the bullets not leaving so much as a scratch.
Now I’m even more confused. I mean seriously, not Leo too! What is up with everyone? How are they all doing this?
When the man stops shooting, Leo widens his stance. He moves his arms back before thrusting his hands forward; his top fingers are pointed and his thumb is up, forming a gun shape. When he moves his arms out towards the assassins, two strong bolts of lightning shoot out. My mouth falls open. The man and girl swiftly dodge the attacks. The man recommences firing from his gun arm. Leo defends again with the yellow shield and then starts another offence. He focusses before shooting the lightning bolts from his fingers, but his moves are fast and fluent. He knows exactly what he’s doing.
I whisper, ‘H-how…magic? No…there’s no such thing…’
But what Leo is doing with his hands and that shield thing, it’s clearly not normal. My eyes quickly scan him. I watch Leo twisting his body as he attacks. The choker necklace swings into my sight. The yellow stone is glowing.
My mind casts back to the Livolism children’s book I read in the Tower. It said that the Guardians were granted great powers. Everyone knows that tale, but is this actually stone linked to that story? Does that mean that it’s not a myth? The Guardians… what exactly are they?
I watch Leo fighting in such awe that it takes me a moment to notice the girl assassin is gone. I twist my head around and hear a noise behind me. The dark haired, pale-skinned child stands above me on a branch, the arm with the knife coming out of her palm hangs by her side. With force, she jumps down stabbing it at me. Luckily I roll out of the way in time, her knife piercing the hard dirt and causing the ground to crack. Envisioning what a weapon like that would do to me I get up and start running.
I take off back down past my hiding spot, across the dry river and into some nearby trees. I can hear her on the chase not far behind. My heart is beating in my ears. My throat is dry and begins to burn. Everything is starting to blur, the only thing I can focus on is getting away.
I yelp as the girl unexpectedly appears beside me. She leaps into the air and launches off a nearby tree. I stop running and try to back step as she swings her knife arm at me. The girl misses once again, but I hit my head on the dirt as I topple to the ground.
I quickly stumble to my feet and continue running in the same direction.
Hot on my trail, the dark-haired
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